From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 12 05:31:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA27080 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 05:31:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA27036 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 05:31:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Message-Id: <199802121329.IAA26862@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Received: forwarded by SMTP 1.5.2. Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 08:32:05 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden To: David Kelly cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Large system backups; recommendations for devices & strategies? In-Reply-To: <199802120024.SAA08885@nospam.hiwaay.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, David Kelly wrote: > > I had considered this. How would this compare cost-wise with an > > EXB8505-based changer? > > I don't know the price of an Exabyte changer right now, but 8505's are > somewhere between $1000 and $1500 new. There is an 8700 with similar > specs, external only, its top loading, going for about $800 new. 4mm drives are cheaper and faster, and I have had better reliability with the media. -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hackers" in the body of the message